There's a good chance you’ll be driving an electric car in just 10 years

In the next decade or so, experts
predict that electric car sales will surpass
gas-powered car sales.

That may seem hard to believe. In 2015, all of the alternative
fuel cars (hybrid, electric, natural gas, etc.) put together only
made up about 7% of the 129 million total cars in the US,
according to the
US Energy Information Administration.

That flip-flop would mean Americans would use 2.4 million
fewer barrels of oil per day, reducing greenhouse
gas emissions by 400 million metric tons of carbon
dioxide per year.

We have a ways to go, but the technology powering electric cars
has been leapfrogging itself in the last few years.

Tesla's highly anticipated
Model 3 — expected for release in late 2016 — will
be priced at about $35,000, and will be able to drive over
200 miles per charge.

And now GM has come to play:
Wired said the auto giant "beat Elon Musk in the race to
build a true electric car for the masses." The
Chevy Bolt, expected for late 2016, can also go 200
miles on a single charge, and will be priced at $33,000.

There are many more electric car models on the road today,
though. See how they compare: